When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. For such a long time, many fans couldn’t wait to be rid of Lucas Duda and put someone, anyone else in his place. And then this year when Dominic Smith was in Triple-A, those desires became even more vocal. Didn’t matter that Duda was [...]
The Mets dropped the nightcap Saturday night in Houston, 4-1, and suffered a doubleheader sweep. And to add injury to insult, Wilmer Flores left the game after fouling a ball off his face, with blood visible as he left the field. The Mets actually held a 1-0 lead in this game. Juan Lagares led off [...]
The Mets dropped the rubber game of their series with the Reds, by a 7-2 score Thursday afternoon in Cincinnati. It looked good for the Mets on paper, with a day game and Jacob deGrom on the mound. But deGrom surrendered a two-run homer to Scooter Gennett and also gave up two other runs. The [...]
The Mets have traded a bunch of productive offensive players and the ones they didn’t trade are on the disabled list. Therefore, it’s not a surprise that in their last 17 games the Mets are averaging just 3.7 runs per game. Sure, they’ve played good teams in that stretch. They’ve also played the Marlins and [...]
The Mets got their first 2017 look at the Reds last night. The Reds are not very good; they were 21 games under .500 entering play last night. But the Reds are far from your typical bad team. Their pitching is atrocious but their offense is actually quite good. Yet as good as their offense [...]
Brandon Nimmo’s 2017 hasn’t exactly gone as planned, which makes it just like the rest of his professional career to this point. When the Mets made him their first-round pick back in 2011, few thought he would still be struggling to establish himself at the major league level six years later. But injuries have plagued [...]
The Nationals evened their series with the Mets with a 9-4 win Saturday afternoon in D.C. Robert Gsellman dug himself an early hole, allowing four unearned runs in the first inning. The kicker was that he was responsible for the error. He also allowed two earned runs for a total of six runs in four [...]
After turning in a wonderful season that earned him an All-Star berth, it’s easy to forget that Michael Conforto was ticketed to open the season in the minors. Only injuries to other outfielders allowed him to make the Opening Day roster. Of course opportunity is only part of the equation. When presented with the chance, [...]
The Mets lost for the ninth time in their last 11 games, as they were edged by the Diamondbacks, 3-2, Thursday afternoon in Citi Field. But the game was secondary to an injury suffered by Michael Conforto. Swinging on a 2-0 count in the fifth inning, Conforto missed and went down in a heap, clutching [...]
The most interesting players are the ones where reasonable, intelligent people can disagree. Juan Lagares and Zack Wheeler certainly fall in this category. But perhaps the poster boy for this player right now is Wilmer Flores. My personal belief is that the top priority for the Mets’ GM this offseason is to make the correct [...]
Coming into Spring Training the Mets hoped that the majority of their starts would be handled by seven pitchers. Sure, a handful of other guys would likely get a start here and a start there, since teams usually use 10 or so starters per year. But those depth starters likely wouldn’t get many chances and [...]
The Mets snapped a five-game losing streak with an 8-1 win over the Marlins in Citi Field Saturday night. The Mets exploded for seven runs in the sixth inning, tallying more runs in one frame than they had in 14 of the 17 previous games this month. Wilmer Flores and Kevin Plawecki each contributed two-run [...]